University Hospitals of North Midlands had struggled with effective job planning for its medical workforce, often finding its agreements were misaligned with the needs of the service. After an audit highlighted the need for…
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As executive digital lead and chief digital information officer (CDIO) of a trust known as the ‘digital desert’, Ed Prosser-Snelling has had a challenge on his hands.
Since the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS…
North East London Cancer Alliance is leading a project to integrate AI into cancer diagnostic pathways, with the aim of reducing the wait time for chest X-ray results for scans with significant findings from…
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A pilot project has been launched at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) to support care close to home and reduce unnecessary patient admissions to the emergency department through an X-ray car service.
Under the…
The NHS is piloting an iPhone device and app that helps detect throat cancer earlier and give patients the all-clear for the disease faster.
An initial trial on triaged low-risk patients at University Hospitals of…
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Liverpool University Hospitals (LUHFT) NHS Foundation Trust is trialling a platform which tracks dementia patients’ behaviour with the aim of supporting better…
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Henley Business School has been awarded a grant of £1.2 million for the development of a machine learning system to improve the early detection and referral of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD).
A pilot of…
“I’m a huge advocate of AI and machine learning,” says Monica Jones, chief data officer for the University of Leeds and associate director for HDR (Health Data Research) UK North. “It’s been on its…
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A critical incident declared at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is not the result of a cyber attack, the trust has told Digital Health News.
NUH declared a critical incident on 10 September 2024,…
The lack of a go live date for a maternity electronic patient record (EPR) system at Northampton General Hospital poses “potential operational risks”, according to a board report.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (UHN),…
